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Zing removes stop words from queries

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Zing removes stop words from queries

Remove common words from search queries that do not produce meaningful results.

Stop words are common words that are not indexed because they are not meaningful in search
results. Articles, conjunctions, personal pronouns, and prepositions are examples of stop words
that are not used in keyword searches. Administrators can configure stop words for all indexed
tables and for specific tables.

The system uses the table-specific Text Index record to determine whether to index the
stop word or to just remove it from keyword search queries against the table.

By default, the system has stops words for common English words. Search administrators
typically create stop words from search terms that produce too many search results such as
articles, conjunctions, personal pronouns, and prepositions.